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SHINee's Taemin kicks off his 2026–2027 'LiMiNaL' world tour with three nights at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium, following the August 31 release of EP 'PHASE 1: Soft Violence'.
9/11/2026
MONSTA X's 'THE PHASE' hit #1 on iTunes K-pop Albums in 11 countries after dropping Sept. 4. The group's been everywhere since.
9/11/2026
PENTAGON's seven members released '겁쟁이' on Sept. 11, 2026—their first comeback in three years and the kickoff to a four-city anniversary tour.
9/11/2026
Trot singer Jeon Yu-jin posted a teaser image with the word 'adios' on September 10. Her first full-length album drops October 10.
9/11/2026
Lee Yoo-young's agency confirmed the birth of her second daughter in September 2026. Mother and child are both in good health.
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Netflix greenlit *Outback* (working title) on Sept. 11—a webtoon thriller set in Australia with five leads hunting a dead sister's secrets.
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WHIB plays two Seoul shows September 12 at NOL Theater Hapjeong, kicking off a six-city Asia tour hitting Ho Chi Minh, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
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KQ Entertainment announced the collab on Sept. 11 via ATEEZ's SNS. Spoiler images had already dropped the day before.
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IU was spotted walking Shanghai's Nanjing East Road on Sept 11, a day after releasing two self-written pre-release tracks for her 6th studio album.
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TEN throws the ceremonial first pitch at the Fireworks Fighters vs. Busan High School game on September 12, fresh off his solo debut with 'OUTWEST'.
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The four leads of 'Tazza: Song of Beelzebub' sang the hip-hop track themselves. The MV weaves recording studio footage, film scenes, and behind-the-scenes content into one.
9/11/2026
hrtz.wav's second mini album dropped September 9. All six tracks charted on Melon. The 5-member band performed the title track 'ALIVE' on 1theK's outdoor series.
9/11/2026
Basketball player Lee Gwan-hee and reality star Yu Si-eun went public in July. Now they're launching a couple channel on YouTube.
9/11/2026
PEACE actress Choi Yun-ji is out of the upcoming drama 'Lee Seop's Romance' after scheduling talks collapsed.
9/11/2026
Soyeon's debut solo album dropped Sept. 7 with every track hitting Melon HOT100 and the title track cracking TOP100 on day one.
9/10/2026
Jae-ha debuted '바보야' live on MBC ON's Trot Champion on September 10. The self-composed track releases September 15 at noon across online music platforms.
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NiziU drops a full pre-release scheduler for 'Sour Grapes', their first Korean mini album, arriving September 28 — 18 months after their last domestic release.
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Tomorrow X Together's Japanese 5th single hit 250,000 cumulative shipments in August, earning Platinum from the Japan Record Association. Their second such certification this year.
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Lee Seoyeon (Y:SY) dropped her debut mini-album 'GOODIES' on September 9 with dual title tracks 'LANGUAGE' and 'ENERGY'.
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ALL(H)OURS dropped *UNBOUND* on September 10—a seven-track mini album with two title tracks and full member writing credits on every song.
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Gyubin self-penned 'Our Summer' dropped September 10, 2026 via STUDIO363's SERIES363, a vocalist-focused music project.
9/10/2026
Rapper 창모 (Changmo) returns to Sejong Cultural Center's Grand Theater for three nights in November with *MONOLITH*, his first album in five years, performing key tracks with live orchestra.
9/10/2026
LE SSERAFIM stars in a live-action/animation Overwatch collab MV that dropped Sept. 11. They'll headline BlizzCon 2026's closing stage on Sept. 13 in Anaheim.
9/10/2026
Heize, Sondia, LUCY's Choi Sang-yeop, and four more artists are handling the OST for KBS2's new weekend melodrama launching September 12.
9/10/2026
The 'Lovely Runner' actor completed ownership transfer on the 2nd after paying the final installment on a 235㎡ unit at Seoul's most-watched luxury complex.
9/10/2026
YOON adds a campus date to his PAGE 2 tour while WINNER gears up for a new group album.
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Trot singer Lee Chan-won returns to the Changnyeong stage on Sept. 11, three years after his first appearance at the festival.
9/10/2026
One year into his marriage, singer Kim Jong-guk told a divorce lawyer on YouTube that emotional text exchanges with someone outside the marriage count as infidelity.
9/10/2026
X:IN posted a coming soon teaser at midnight on September 10. October 2026 is locked in.
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Kim Phil's second album *JOURNEY* arrives October 29, preceded by two pre-release singles and a two-night Seoul concert in November.
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Eight Korean hip-hop artists drop 'ROOTS' on Sept 11. The MV premieres live Sept 12 at Spotify House Seoul, followed by the first performance.
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IU's December 10 music video for 'Dear my crazy soulmate' stars Kim Young-ok and Na Moon-hee. She dedicated it to Yoo In-na.
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BTS's 'ARIRANG' tour shattered box office records at four NFL stadiums, per Billboard's September 9 data. Pollstar ranked it #1 on both Live75 and Global Concert Pulse.
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Shin Ramyun's second global campaign with aespa hit 100 million YouTube views in two weeks—half the time the first one took last year.
9/10/2026
Irene & Seulgi's Japanese debut arrives November 4. All five tracks from *Cheetah* drop September 14, with a seven-city tour kicking off September 19.
9/10/2026
Haha keeps hearing the same thing: people never thought he'd stay married and happy this long. He admits he wandered plenty before settling down.
9/10/2026
Im Chang-jung stopped by MBC FM4U's Trot Radio on Sept 10 to perform trot versions of his hits and pitch a full film adaptation of the 'Soju Han Jan' music video.
9/10/2026
A-Future, the project group from the 700K-subscriber YouTube channel 4X4CREW, is reshuffling its lineup and dropping a new single on Sept. 21.
9/10/2026
NCT WISH's July single hits 500K shipments in Japan, earning their first Double Platinum. ENHYPEN, TXT, RIIZE, TOURS, and NiziU also certified this cycle.
9/10/2026
Kim Jae-hwan's two-night Seoul concert sold out the moment tickets dropped. A new single is coming in the second half of 2026.
9/10/2026
RIIZE's third Japanese single *Sunburst* hit 250,000 shipments in August for Japan Record Association platinum. It's now past 350,000 units.
9/10/2026
Kim Garam, the former LE SSERAFIM member now with Management Goo, dropped new profile photos Sept. 10 and has her first acting project under review.
9/10/2026
ENHYPEN's 'Bloody Paradise' swept five music broadcasts. On September 9, the group performed 'Highlight' live for the first time.
9/10/2026
Kang Min-kyung identified the man in photos as her longtime manager. Lee Hae-ri, meanwhile, posted a YouTube video about Kang Min-kyung's clothing brand—and spilled wedding plans.
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UNIS performed their remake of BIBI's 1997 hit on M Countdown September 10—their first time taking the track to a live stage.
9/10/2026
SM Entertainment's rookie group hunts for a marionette seeker in an abandoned movie theater. Episode 4 drops September 11.
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KickFlip's 'KICK OFF THE WALL Pt. 1' arrives October 6 with double title tracks — one featuring US rapper iann dior — six months after their 4th mini album.
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Across a window that holds a world tour opening, a new mini album, and a fan meeting already dated, the social footprint on file stands at 34 collected posts — a single count that does not distinguish between any of them.
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